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Post-metal often finds itself dismissed as formulaic, with predictable quiet-loud dynamics and clichéd crescendos. However, Kansas City’s A Light Within, spearheaded…

Minneapolis-based progressive pop rock band The Light in the Ocean have never been one to tread water creatively. With their latest album, Deep…

Boarding alongside Evergrey in their current adventure across Europe, Virtual Symmetry caught my attention through its old school view of prog rock and the…

Progressive metal is a genre that thrives on complexity, emotion, and innovation—qualities that Nicolas Martin, the mastermind behind Amsterdam-based one-man…

For Andrea Milan, the mind behind the Italian experimental project Fugit, the journey began with a desire for autonomy. Founded…

Since its inception, Canadian hard/prog rock band The Wring has been a beacon for complex compositions, compelling themes, and a hard-edged yet…

2025 gives us an opportunity to look back at some of the groundbreaking releases of 2005—albums that have now reached…

In 2019, as In Cauda Venenum closed with Mikael Åkerfeldt’s powerful line, “If everything ends, is it worth to turn back home…

Sight of Theia, an Atlanta-based progressive metal band, is set to release their first full-length album, The Great Dreamer, on…

Hungarian experimental trio Sauropoda have managed a quick follow-up with The Overstory, coming some three years after their 2021 debut,…